# 1961–62 Divizia A

The 1961–62 Divizia A was the forty-fourth season of Divizia A, the top-level football league of Romania.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Dinamo București (C) | 26 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 62 | 35 | +27 | 36 | Qualification to European Cup preliminary round |
| 2 | Petrolul Ploiești | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 57 | 33 | +24 | 33 | Invitation to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup First round |
| 3 | Progresul București | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 47 | 32 | +15 | 31 | |
| 4 | Steagul Roşu Brașov | 26 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 52 | 39 | +13 | 29 | |
| 5 | Rapid București | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 38 | 37 | +1 | 28 | |
| 6 | Dinamo Bacău | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 35 | 36 | −1 | 27 | |
| 7 | Știința Cluj | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 46 | 44 | +2 | 26 | |
| 8 | Știința Timișoara | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 38 | 42 | −4 | 25 | |
| 9 | Steaua București | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 53 | 45 | +8 | 24 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round |
| 10 | UTA Arad | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 42 | 41 | +1 | 24 | |
| 11 | Minerul Lupeni | 26 | 11 | 1 | 14 | 25 | 51 | −26 | 23 | |
| 12 | Jiul Petroșani (R) | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 39 | 49 | −10 | 22 | Relegation to Divizia B |
| 13 | Metalul Târgoviște (R) | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 33 | 66 | −33 | 19 | Relegation to Divizia B |
| 14 | Dinamo Pitești (R) | 26 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 35 | 52 | −17 | 17 | Relegation to Divizia B |

### Results

| Home \ Away | BAC | DIN | PIT | JIU | MET | MIN | PET | PRO | RAP | SRB | STE | UTA | ȘCJ | ȘTI |
| Dinamo Bacău | — | 1–5 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–5 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 |
| Dinamo București | 1–0 | — | 2–2 | 5–2 | 7–1 | 7–4 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 |
| Dinamo Pitești | 0–1 | 3–4 | — | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 5–1 |
| Jiul Petroșani | 1–0 | 0–0 | 6–1 | — | 7–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 |
| Metalul Târgoviște | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–3 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 4–3 |
| Minerul Lupeni | 0–2 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Petrolul Ploiești | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 7–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | — | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 |
| Progresul București | 1–1 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 6–0 | 1–1 | — | 0–2 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Rapid București | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | — | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–5 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Steagul Roşu Brașov | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Steaua București | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–6 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 4–2 | — | 4–2 | 1–2 | 6–2 |
| UTA Arad | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | — | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Știința Cluj | 3–1 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | — | 4–1 |
| Știința Timișoara | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | — |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Gheorghe Constantin | CCA București | 24 |
| 2 | Mircea Dridea | Petrolul Ploiești | 22 |
| 3 | Gheorghe Ene | Dinamo București | 19 |
| 4 | Mircea Sasu | UTA Arad | 16 |
| 5 | Matei Gram | Dinamo Bacău | 14 |
| 5 | Marin Voinea | Progresul București | 14 |

## Champion squad

* Dinamo București
* Goalkeepers: Ilie Datcu (20 / 0); Iuliu Uțu (8 / 0).
* Defenders: Cornel Popa (24 / 0); Ion Nunweiller (26 / 3); Dumitru Ivan (26 / 0); Nicolae Panait (1 / 0).
* Midfielders: Ilie Constantinescu (11 / 0); Vasile Alexandru (15 / 3); Lică Nunweiller (18 / 0); Constantin Ștefan (16 / 0); Mircea Stoenescu (1 / 0).
* Forwards: Ion Pîrcălab (24 / 7); Constantin Frățilă (19 / 5); Gheorghe Ene (20 / 19); Ion Țîrcovnicu (20 / 5); Iosif Varga (15 / 4); Haralambie Eftimie (16 / 11); Constantin David (20 / 4); Tănase Dumitrescu (1 / 0); Aurel Unguroiu (5 / 0); Vasile Anghel (5 / 0).
* (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)
* Manager: Traian Ionescu / Constantin Teașcă / Nicolae Dumitru.